AJO, Ariz. (AP) - U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is continuing his visit of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Arizona.
After viewing parts of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge on horseback Saturday, Zinke was scheduled to tour Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Ajo on Sunday.
He also plans a short hike of the monument if there is time.
The refuge and the monument are under Zinke’s department and located within the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector, which is a busy crossing point for drug smugglers and migrants entering the United States illegally.
Zinke is scheduled to meet Monday with the National Mining Association in the Phoenix area.
He arrived in Arizona last Friday to give the keynote address at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s annual convention in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler.
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